I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
ALAN COOPERBecause computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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When I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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Computers no longer interface with humans–they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival.
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It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
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If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
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